The Decree
North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, N.C.
FRTOAY, MARCH 29,1991
VOL. 6, NO. 11
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Dinner concert part of Spring Fling
North Carolina Wesleyan
College will present a Dinner
Concert on Wednesday, April 3,
as part of its annual Spring Fling.
The concert will feature the
Wesleyan College Singers and the
newly formed Jazz Show Choir.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and
dinner will be served from 6:45
to 7:45 p.m. A spaghetti or lasa-
gna dinner will be provided by
the Food Service and Hotel
Management class. Soloists and
small groups will entertain during
the meal.
Doors open for the concert at
7:45 p.m. and the concert begins
at 8 p.m.
Cost for the dinner and the
concert is $3.50 for adults and
$2.50 for students. Cost for the
concert alone is $2 for adults and
$1 for students.
Tickets are available at the
door or contact Dr. Maria Manzo
at 977-7171, ext. 279.
Another Spring Fling event
will be this year’s “Miss Kamp
Wesleyan” competition.
By JAMIE STUMP
The Wesleyan community has
recently witnessed the first stq>
toward having an all-campus ra
dio station. A trailer donated by
Ken Moorefield was moved onto
campus last week to serve as the
station’s temporary site until it is
moved to the future Fine Arts
Center.
Wesleyan has leased tower
space at Temperance Hall. The
25,000-watt tower will allow 90.9
FM WESQ to broadcast to several
hundred thousand listeners across
eastern North Carolina.
Last September, Wesleyan was
granted a provisional license from
the Federal Communication
Commission that requires the
station to broadcast its first signal
by September. Members of the
Wesleyan community have been
planning the station for three
years, but have only recently
formed committees to expedite all
proceedings necessary to have the
station lnx)adcast cm time.
These mranbers have arranged
for the station site, imxured new
and used equipment, and listened
to suggestions fix)m faculty, staff,
and students regarding the format
of the staticHi. WESQ is a membra-
of the National Association of
College Broadcasters and the
Intercollegiate Broadcasting
System. Lewis Advertising of
Rocky Mount designed the logo.
In order to decide what type
of music to play, it has been sug
gested that Fall ‘91 marketing
students survey eastern North
Carolinians to determine the de
mand for certain fonnats.
The station will not only pro
vide the NCWC community with
entertainment and information, it
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Science class visits NCSU nuclear reactors
By CHRISTY SKOJEC
Members of Dr. Himanshoo
Navangul’s Physical Science 151
class have been studying many
different sources of energy, con
centrating recently on nuclear
energy.
In order to study this source
and the nuclear power process
more fully, 12 members of the
class traveled to N.C. State Uni
versity on Feb. 5 to visit univer
sity reactors.
The class examined two reac
tors which are located in the
Burlington Engineering Lab on
the NCSU campus. One of the
reactors was a simulation reactor.
This reactor simulates the actions
of an actual reactor without actu
ally producing any energy, al
lowing students to learn how to
run a nuclear reactor. It also al
lows for extensive training in
avoiding accidents.
The other reactor the students
saw was the PULSTAR reactor.
This reactor consists of a nuclear
core which is submerged in
15,000 gallons of purified water.
The apparatus is held by an alu
minum tank and surrounded by a
high density concrete biological
shield. Student Regina Watt de
scribed the apparatus as being like
a “big pool.” The total weight of
the uranium oxide is 163 pounds,
and the average temperature of
the pool is about 105 degrees
Fahrenheit.
Using nuclear power as an
energy source is a controversial
topic in America, and many
people “act like people woiking
around it will be glowing,” said
student Chris Kaffenbarger. Stu
dent Lorraine Harper, who also
visited the reactor, summed up
the feelings of the class. “The re
actor wasn’t as intimidating as I
thought it would be,” she said,
“histead I felt a lot safer about it
being around.”
Student Allen Wilson felt the
trip was very informative. He
thought that being able to actually
look inside the reactor and see
how it works was much more
beneficial than just looking at the
outside of the Shearin Harris
Nuclear Plant. The PULSTAR
reactor is used to train nuclear
engineers and power plant opera
tors, and for experiments and re
search by graduate and under
graduate students.
The students were disturbed
that the reactor is not used for
creating energy. “It i? a - h ame to
waste that pcwer,” said student
Michelle Cahoon. Dr. Navangul
and the rest of the class agreed.
Navangul explained that the re
actor could supply the entire
campus with electricity and heat
if the school used it He said they
choose not to create energy so
they don' t have to run it all the
time.
Navangul further explained
that precautions are necessary and
a risk assessment must be carried
out when dealing with nuclear
power. Problems with waste
management must also be solved.
European countries are already
utilizing nuclear power’s poten
tial. They prefer to take the rather
minimal risks involved with using
nuclear power and be assured that
they will have enough energy
when they need it.
Because of the war, Navangul
feels it is even more necessary
for Americans to develop nuclear
power to its fullest potential. With
that alternate source of energy,
he feels, “it will not be necessary
to depend on the Arabs.”